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Plenty of options

Newcastle United are the latest Premier League club to declare an interest in Aston Villa flop Adama Traore.

Traore, 21, is already said to be attracting interest from Chelsea and West Ham United and now Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez is also keen, according to the Daily Mail.

The Spanish winger arrived at Villa Park two years ago from Barcelona but only made a handful of appearances under Tim Sherwood, Remi Garde and Eric Black as the claret and blues were relegated from the Premier League.

Mat Kendrick asks the question: is he any good?

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Easy peasy

Dwight Yorke says the Championship is ‘very easy’ and has demanded Aston Villa flip their mentality in order to escape it next season.

Despite starring for Villa and Manchester United in the Premier League and beyond, Yorke has six months’ experience under his belt in the Championship - but is adamant that it isn’t anywhere near as tricky as pundits and experts think it is.

Yorke, 45, was part of Roy Keane’s Sunderland side that stormed to the title in 2005 and rubbished suggestions that the Championship is difficult to get out of.